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This
exhibition shows a collection of images from Cornwall and Wales,
produced over the last few years.
Themes
and content are strongly influenced by the geography of Wales and
Cornwall and also by the vibrant artistic life of St Ives.
Coming
from Cornwall, Lesley James has been fascinated by the similarities
between Cornwall and Wales, (Wales being her current home).
Her
work reflects a painted view of the textures, forms, and colours
of the landscapes.
Beautiful
images, evocative glimpses of the Celtic landscapes make this an
exhibition to savour and remember.
"I
use the landscape as my raw material. I select from it. Nothing
is altered or arranged. Chaos is tamed, made sense of through symbolic,
metaphorical, and actual physical connections.
"For
me it is not particularly important what it is I am photographing,
more that something of how I am is present in the image.
"It
is this that makes me reject any form of trickery or manipulation
through filters or digital retouching for example.
"After
completing my art education at Manchester Polytechnic and Falmouth
School of Art, I now teach at Yale College in Wrexham.
"I
have lived in North Wales for 12 years, but frequently return to
Cornwall where I was brought up.
"Henry
Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Terry Frost and the abstract
expressionist painters, as well as British and American photographers,
Ray Moore and Wynne Bullock, are major influences in my work and
reflect form and human spirit in a landscape that shapes us as we
shape it".
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